LONDON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
UBM plc today announces the appointment of Sally Shankland as Executive Vice President,
Group People & Culture Director, succeeding Jennifer Duvalier
who joins ARM plc.
Sally has been promoted to this role from her current position
as Chief Executive Officer of UBM Connect - UBM's US-based
$110m portfolio b2b marketing
services business. Sally will maintain her involvement with
UBM Connect as its non-executive Chairman and the process to
appoint her successor as CEO is now under way. Sally will
continue to be based in New York
when she takes up her worldwide People & Culture role.
Sally joined UBM in 1988 and has held successive executive
positions in marketing, sales and management. Sally led UBM
Medica US's successful transition from a print-based publishing
business to its position as one of the leading digital marketing
services businesses serving the US healthcare market. She was
subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of UBM Connect in
May 2012.
David Levin, CEO of UBM plc,
said:
"I am very pleased to announce Sally's appointment to lead UBM's
People & Culture function, a role which is vitally important to
UBM. Sally will work closely with me, our CFO Bob Gray and with colleagues on UBM's senior
executive team to continue and further develop our programs to
strengthen UBM's positive culture; to attract, develop and retain
the talent which is driving forward UBM's development; to evolve
UBM's organisational structure and operating model to focus on
strong customer and market insight; and, to ensure we are operating
effectively to deliver UBM's strategy as a global events-led
marketing services and communications business."
"Sally's outstanding operational and commercial management track
record at UBM Connect and at UBM Medica US make her ideally
qualified to take on this larger role, having demonstrated her
ability to relate to colleagues and customers alike, and her focus
on creating high performance, inclusive cultures which produce
great results. I am particularly pleased that we've been able to
promote someone into this role who has such deep operational
experience and expertise in UBM and of the wider b2b media
industry. Sally's appointment is also a great demonstration that
UBM career paths can span both commercial and corporate roles."
Notes to Editors
1. About UBM plc
UBM plc is a global events-led marketing services and
communications company. We help businesses do business,
bringing the world's buyers and sellers together at events and
online, as well as producing and distributing news and specialist
content. Our 5,500 staff in more than 30 countries are
organised into expert teams which serve commercial and professional
communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work
effectively and efficiently.
For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com; follow us on
Twitter at @UBM_plc to get the latest UBM corporate news.
2. About UBM Connect
UBM Connect provides live media, marketing services, education
and interactive digital environments across a number of
communities, the largest of which are medical device design,
advanced manufacturing and healthcare. UBM Connect's leading
brands include MedTechWorld, Medical Design & Manufacturing,
WestPack, Design News, Plastek, PharmaPack, QMed, Cancer Network,
Physicians Practice and Psychiatric Times.
SOURCE UBM plc
